Professor Peter Henriques, Emeritus Recommended Books on George Washington
A Few Important George Washington Web Sites http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/henriques/hist615/ [This is my primitive website on GW and has links to most of the websites listed below plus other material on George Washington.] http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers [Website for GW papers at UVA. Excellent.] http://etext.virginia.edu/washington [The Fitzpatrick edition of the GW Papers, all word searchable. A wonderful aid for getting letters on line.] http://georgewashington.si.edu [A great interactive site for students of all grades focusing on Gilbert Stuart’s Lansdowne portrait of GW.] http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/washpap.htm [The Avalon Project which contains GW’s inaugural addresses and many speeches.] http://www.mountvernon.org [The website for Mount Vernon.] Additional Books and Websites, 2004 Joe Ellis, His Excellency, October 2004 [This will be a very important book by a Pulitzer winning author and is probably the best book to read on GW if you are only going to read one.] Henry Wiencek, Imperfect God [A rather controversial book on GW and slavery.] David Hackett Fischer, Washington’s Crossing [On Battle of Trenton.] Joel Achenbach, The Grand Idea: GW and the Potomac as Pathway to the West Don Higginbotham, GW Reconsidered [Contains many good essays, some quite a few years old.] Peter Henriques, Realistic Visionary: Essays on the Life and Character of George Washington [Forthcoming, 2005/6.] New Website Rediscovering George Washington Links to Various Material George Washington's Attitude about Death and the Afterlife George Washington and the Coming of the American Revolution George Washington and Religion Franklin Steiner--George Washington and Religion Articles on George Washington--A Select Bibliography Books on George Washington--A Select Bibliography Quotes about George Washington George Washington: He Died as He Lived The Making of George Washington The Softer side of George Washington George Washington's "Unmannerly" Behavior--William Guthrie Sayen Books for Graduate Students to Read
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